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tblue37

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12. Bill Kristol: "The point will be a propaganda spectacle for their troops and the public."

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Mon Sep 29, 2025, 07:55 PM

Sep 29

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Two points on Tuesday's Quantico conclave of the generals:

1. Surely Trump will be featured. Hegseth will be the undercard.

2. The point will be to showcase Trump's power. It won't be to convince the generals of anything. The point will be a propaganda spectacle for their troops and the public.

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Bill Kristol: "The point to be transmitted . . . is "This is Donald Trump's military.'" [View all] tblue37 Sep 29 OP

Once again, TSF thinks something that belongs to American citizens is his personal property. Prof. Toru Tanaka Sep 29 #1

Trump once said he wants the kind of generals Hitler had. tblue37 Sep 29 #2

He does realize that Hitler's generals served a loser and lost a war. Efilroft Sul Sep 29 #3

A great deal of that was because Hitler fired all of the good generals... Wounded Bear Sep 29 #13

You mean, ones that lose a world war... regnaD kciN Sep 29 #4

Trump: "I Need the Kind of Generals That Hitler Had' MrWowWow Sep 29 #5

Maybe he'll get them! 2naSalit Sep 29 #6

I loved it when Gen. Milley or another general Ilsa Sep 29 #18

Trump thinks these are generals & admirals from other countries! tblue37 Sep 29 #7

Knowing that they are physically located all over the world does not mean he thinks they belong to other countries. . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 29 #9

This sentence suggests that he thinks they are from other countries: tblue37 Sep 29 #10

It can be read that way, and it is possible, but I think unlikely even for the Imbecile-in-Chief. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 29 #11

I think it sounds just like his mush-mind's way of thinking. tblue37 Sep 29 #14

Exactly. Orange mush up there. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 29 #15

That's the point they want promoted, but it is not clear that it IS "his". Bernardo de La Paz Sep 29 #8

Bill Kristol: "The point will be a propaganda spectacle for their troops and the public." tblue37 Sep 29 #12

Bill Kristol is on point about this: tblue37 Sep 29 #16

Bill Kristol lefthandedskyhook Sep 29 #17

True--many of the Never Trump conservatives were very, very wrong, but they are now fighting the good tblue37 Sep 29 #20

Correct. choie Sep 29 #19

That is exactly correct misanthrope Sep 29 #21